1357 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace 1920 - WTAW of College Station‚ Tx‚ broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1951 - Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden 1955 - Walter Piston's 6th Symphony‚ composed to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony‚ premieres‚ led by Charles Munch 1959 - Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical "Once Upon A Mattress"‚ starring Carol Burnett and directed by George Abbott‚ opens at Alvin Theater‚ NYC‚ after starting off-Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre‚ later moves to St. James 1972 - "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances 1981 - Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles 1983 - Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1990 - Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa wins Poland's first popular election 1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances More Historical Events »